Bush fires have destroyed a staggering 33 500 hectares of Namibia's vegetation countrywide, with the Otjozondjupa Region bearing the brunt of the seasonal inferno with 11 590 hectares of pasture burnt.
Senior Forester in the Forestry Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Paulus Shikongo, revealed this yesterday to New Era. Shikongo confirmed that the alarming number of hectares burnt was recorded from January to August this year alone.
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